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历史频道《人类:我们的故事》第十集第8期:爱尔兰移民

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  • Latrobe will have to tunnel through rock 4,000ft thick.
  • 拉特罗布得在四千英尺厚的岩石中凿出隧道
  • Even today, tunneling is a remarkable engineering feat.
  • 即便在今天 隧道穿凿仍是一项浩大的工程
  • Back in the mid 1800s, it was unthinkable.
  • 而在十八世纪中叶 这简直难以想象
  • If you wanted to get to the other side of that range by rail,you had to go through it.
  • 但如果要通火车 就必须从中穿过
  • You had to think big, you had to be audacious.
  • 因此必须要敢想敢做 大胆冒险
  • The explosive force: gunpowder.
  • 爆破的力量是火药
  • The muscle: from a new kind of pioneer.Irish immigrants.
  • 而人力则来源于一批新的开拓者 爱尔兰移民
  • 43% of America's foreign-born population.
  • 他们占美国外来人口的百分之四十三
  • They flee the potato famine in Ireland In search of a new life.
  • 他们从爱尔兰的大饥荒中奔逃而来 寻求新生
  • Here they earn less than a dollar a day,
  • 在这里他们每日挣不到一美元
  • But they are praised as "Pioneers of civilization".
  • 但他们被尊称为"文明的开拓者"
  • A New York newspaper proclaims:"There are many new kinds of power"
  • 一份美国报纸声称: 在共和政体下
  • working at the fabric of this republic:steam power, horse power and Irish power.
  • 许多新生力量勃然兴起: 蒸汽动力 马力 以及爱尔兰人力
  • The last works hardest of all.
  • "而爱尔兰人力最为辛劳勤勉"
  • It would be said of immigrants,you'd rarely see one with gray hair.
  • 据说那时很少见到 有白发的移民
  • A worker was lucky to live long enough to have gray hair.
  • 能活到长出白发的年纪 就算是工人的幸运了


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1、go through

经历,经受(尤指苦难或艰难时期)

He was going through a very difficult time.

他正处于非常艰难的时期。

South Africa was going through a period of irreversible change.

南非正在经历一场不可逆转的变革。

翻阅;翻找;整理

It was evident that someone had gone through my possessions.

显然有人翻过我的物品。

(法律、协议等)被通过;(决定)被批准

The bill might have gone through if the economy was growing.

要是当时经济在增长的话,该法案或许也就获得通过了。


2、proclaim

宣布;声明;公布

The Boers rebelled against British rule, proclaiming their independence on 30 December 1880.

布尔人反抗英国统治,并于1880年12月30日宣布独立。

Britain proudly proclaims that it is a nation of animal lovers...

英国骄傲地声称自己是一个热爱动物的国家。

明确表示;清楚地表明

'I think we have been heard today,' he proclaimed.

“我想今天我们说的大家都听见了,”他明确地说。

He confidently proclaims that he is offering the best value in the market.

他信心百倍地声称他的产品是市场上最物有所值的。

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tunnel ['tʌnl]

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n. 隧道,地道
v. 挖隧道,挖地道

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population [.pɔpju'leiʃən]

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n. 人口 ,(全体)居民,人数

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range [reindʒ]

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n. 范围,行列,射程,山脉,一系列
v. 排

 
flee [fli:]

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vi. 逃跑,逃走,消失,(时间)飞逝
vt.

 
independence [.indi'pendəns]

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n. 独立,自主,自立

 
explosive [iks'pləusiv]

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adj. 爆炸(性)的
n. 炸药

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audacious [ɔ:'deiʃəs]

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adj. 无畏的,放肆的,大胆创新的

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remarkable [ri'mɑ:kəbl]

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adj. 显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的

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famine ['fæmin]

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n. 饥荒,极度缺乏

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proclaim [prə'kleim]

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vt. 正式宣布,公布,声明,赞扬,显示出

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